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This is Rachna and her team and they make the wonderful Little Green Radicals clothes in India.

Its Fashion Revolution week and we are proud to know who made your Little Green Radicals clothes. "We know how they make them, we know the conditions they work in and we know what their impact is on the environment."

Take a look behind the scenes right here to meet the people and see where they work.

Check out or range of Little Green Radicals clothing here.

Here at Hoopla Kids we are very proud to be working with Duns Sweden and More than a Fling to bring you ethical and sustainable kids clothing. We have the great pleasure of talking with Duns and hearing about their production process. Learning about the people who make the clothing and what happens behind the scenes. These discussions and discoveries are what drive us to keep doing what we do. They fire the passion I have for sustainable and ethical kids clothing.

So here we are in Fashion Revolution Week and I'd like to take the opportunity to share with you the Duns Sweden Production Tour. A tour of the small production unit in India who Duns have worked with since day one. Yes that's over 10 years now working with the same people as a team, a partnership. And since the very beginning, organic clothing and full disclosure has been at the centre of what what Duns Sweden create.

Have you ever wondered what happens to the clothing that's not up to standard? Maybe it has a printing defect? Or something else? Well it is given to children in need in Tiruppur, India. After school holidays, and during Diwali so they can celebrate the festival and the joy of friendship.

So take the tour, see the faces, the machines, the workplaces of the people who made your clothes.

Take the Tour

The cat prints will be back in stock next week. Sorry that its taken longer than expected for them to arrive. They were held up by the severe flooding in India earlier this month. Thankfully the wonderful people who make this clothing are fine.

Its a good reality check that there are real lives and real weather involved in making our clothing.

The terry jackets from DUNS Sweden are a great reminder that it takes time to make our clothes. And that time is put in by skilled people using handcraft and remarkable machines.

Here you can see a visual tour of all that's involved in the making of the application on the front of the terry jackets. 17,600 stitches and 45 mins for the machine to sew 12 applications on. And this doesn't include the time it takes to place all the parts in the right place, or the time it takes to prepare and cut all the small pieces before they can start. What an amazing process.